# Formal, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathmolyon, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 759,288 m² (75.93 ha, 187.62 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,797 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathmolyon, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/rathmolyon.md - Barony: Moyfenrath Lower - Electoral division: Rathmolyon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,660 people lived in 534 households in the Rathmolyon electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/39145 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160714 - Centre: latitude 53.477627, longitude -6.801384 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Formal, from 66 m² to 242,459 m² (24.25 ha, 59.91 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 215792: 242,459 m² (24.25 ha, 59.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215792.md - Parcel 157659: 168,499 m² (16.85 ha, 41.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157659.md - Parcel 194443: 104,606 m² (10.46 ha, 25.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194443.md - Parcel 139566: 78,857 m² (7.89 ha, 19.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139566.md - Parcel 136583: 76,396 m² (7.64 ha, 18.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/136583.md - Parcel 186982: 42,825 m² (4.28 ha, 10.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/186982.md - Parcel 172594: 11,461 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/172594.md - Parcel 639200: 6,239 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639200.md - Parcel 639170: 4,837 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639170.md - Parcel 4823308: 4,001 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4823308.md - Parcel 214403: 3,797 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214403.md - Parcel 638767: 3,240 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/638767.md - Parcel 190666: 2,801 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190666.md - Parcel 2976705: 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2976705.md - Parcel 198052: 1,512 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/198052.md - Parcel 194958: 1,455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/194958.md - Parcel 185700: 1,125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/185700.md - Parcel 196601: 874 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/196601.md - Parcel 165749: 452 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/165749.md - Parcel 639162: 132 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/639162.md - Parcel 639164: 66 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/639164.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 41 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 29 Jul 2025, Meath County Council 25139: Conditional. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION TA191072 - the development will consist / consists of: 1) Phased restoration of a worked out authorised quarry back to its original topographical profile and agricultural use. 2) Associated ancillary temporay works and items including: inspection & quarantine area; refuelling area; storm water ditch; silt fences; portable staff canteen & welfare unit; portable WC & handwashing unit; and a parking area 3) Continuation of uses of existing previously authorised infrastructure including; site access; internal access roads; wheelwash; and sprinkler system for the duration of the development. The application site boundary encloses c. 7.5862 Ha. which is comprised of 6.2926 Ha of quarry to be restored and 1.2936 Ha of site access; internal access roads; wheelwash; and sprinkler system. The restoration works will comprise of the phased backfilling of the existing quarry void of c. 209,535 m3 with clean subsoil and topsoil followed by grass seeding and cultivation for agricultural use. The subsoil and topsoil will come from clean natural imported soil and from existing stockpiles of soil stored onsite. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessement Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) A waste facility permit and / or waste licence will be required in relation to the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/25139/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rathmoylan Esker, site code 000557 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Formal. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Formal. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Formal, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Formal. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/meath/formal.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/formal.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/formal.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Formal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cherryvalley: https://everytownland.com/meath/cherryvalley.md - Clegarrow: https://everytownland.com/meath/clegarrow.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/meath/glebe-160794.md - Isaacstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/isaacstown.md - Kill Beg: https://everytownland.com/meath/kill-beg.md - Kill More: https://everytownland.com/meath/kill-more.md - Strany Beg: https://everytownland.com/meath/strany-beg.md A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/formal - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/formal